Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

24 alternatives to PaketHub

Manage private and public Composer PHP packages.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. PaketHub launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Repman▲89

   Free private PHP package repository manager

   2020 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Private Packagist▲11

   Composer package archive as a service for PHP

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3PI
   PkgHub.io - Simple Ubuntu Package Hosting▲48

   2013 · pkghub.io · its alternatives →

4. 4
   ZenHub 2.0 ▲151

   Agile project management inside GitHub.

   2015 · its alternatives →

5. 5PR
   PyApp – runtime installer for Python applications▲109

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   fortrabbit▲79

   PHP platform-as-a-service (PaaS)

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   ZenHub for Firefox▲99

   Turn GitHub into a project management suite! Plus, socks

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   4smart Packages Overview▲75

   Monitor NuGet and NPM packages in your repositories

   2021 · its alternatives →

9. 9GE
   GitMagic – Enforce your GitHub contribution guidelines▲55

   2016 · gitmagic.io · its alternatives →

10. 10PH
    Packagecloud – Hosted Package Repositories▲45

    2014 · packagecloud.io · its alternatives →

11. 11
    GitPlex▲70

    A Git repository management server doing code review right

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12CP
    Cross-platform dependency manager using bash and cmake▲47

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13TB
    The best way to run PHP apps▲32

    2013 · serverpilot.io · its alternatives →

14. 14GA
    GitHub action to setup PHP with required extensions and Composer▲11

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15PP
    PyDist – Private Python Package Hosting▲25

    2019 · pydist.com · its alternatives →

16. 16GC
    Github competitor with free private repo▲61

    2012 · gitlab.io · its alternatives →

17. 17HA
    Halite – A simple libsodium wrapper for PHP projects▲43

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    My Private GitHub on Postgres▲42

    A private GitHub on Postgres. Contribute to calebwin/gitgres development by creating an account on GitHub.

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

19. 19PA
    Pak – a command line tool for everything – my first open source project▲9

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20TR
    The reverse package manager▲47

    2011 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21GR
    Github repo recommendation service▲39

    2012 · woolam.org · its alternatives →

22. 22GF
    Github for Contracts▲16

    2013 · comparisign.com · its alternatives →

23. 23IG
    I got tired of managing dev environments, so I built ServBay▲30

    Hey HN, For years, my local development setup has been a fragile mess of tools that never quite played nicely together. On my mac, it was a constant battle with Homebrew services starting (or not starting) on boot, conflicting PHP and Node versions managed by `asdf` or `nvm`, and a collection of `docker-compose.yml` files that I'd copy-paste and tweak for every single project. The cognitive load was just too high. Setting up SSL was another chore involving `mkcert`. Sharing a quick demo with a colleague meant firing up ngrok. And if I wanted to run two projects that needed different versions…

    Oct 2025 · servbay.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Packagist▲9

    The PHP Package Repository

    2016 · its alternatives →

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